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living in Wales I have obviously have picked this up, it seems they (the welsh) want Welsh to be on an equal footing to English in schools ( there are some totally Welsh speaking schools already) now forgive me for thinking that Wales is still in the UK and that English is still the national language of the UK,so why is this happening.
The Welsh are already saying that their education system is lagging behind others and IMHO this is because they spend so much time learning Welsh instead of using that time to study other subjects which would be of more use to them. Especially as there is little work in Wales and a lot of school leavers will be moving to pastures anew to find work and to be honest what good is Welsh going to do them(I notice that in English schools they are teaching Spanish and Chinese which surely would be of an advantage in commerce).
Not for me to say but would'nt it be better to have Welsh as non-compulsory subject rather than ramming it down the throats of these kids when most instantly forget it when they have left school to move on, point in case one of my English friends up here have a 15 year old son who the school tried to force into learning Welsh,he refused and got so many detentions they eventually gave up and he used the time to study other subjects .
the upshot was that he passed his GCSE's with straight "A's" which was not accomplished by his class mates not definite proof but nevertheless a pointer.
end of rant
keep the UK and the UK citizens speaking English
The Welsh are already saying that their education system is lagging behind others and IMHO this is because they spend so much time learning Welsh instead of using that time to study other subjects which would be of more use to them. Especially as there is little work in Wales and a lot of school leavers will be moving to pastures anew to find work and to be honest what good is Welsh going to do them(I notice that in English schools they are teaching Spanish and Chinese which surely would be of an advantage in commerce).
Not for me to say but would'nt it be better to have Welsh as non-compulsory subject rather than ramming it down the throats of these kids when most instantly forget it when they have left school to move on, point in case one of my English friends up here have a 15 year old son who the school tried to force into learning Welsh,he refused and got so many detentions they eventually gave up and he used the time to study other subjects .
the upshot was that he passed his GCSE's with straight "A's" which was not accomplished by his class mates not definite proof but nevertheless a pointer.
end of rant
keep the UK and the UK citizens speaking English